Annabel Leventon
Annabel Leventon
Biography
Judith Annabel Leventon (born 20 April 1942 in Hertfordshire, England) is an English actress who has acted in various roles on stage and television. While reading English at the University of Oxford she made several appearances at the Oxford Playhouse and toured France as Desdemona in the Oxford University Dramatic Society's production of Othello. She then joined the Fourbeats pop group, played at the Edinburgh Festival and continued in various other OUDS productions. On obtaining her BA she gained a grant to LAMDA and made her professional stage debut in Leicester. In December 1967 she left for America where she joined Tom O' Horgan's La MaMa troupe in New York and worked with them for seven months before returning to Britain. She was in the original London cast of Hair in 1968 at the Shaftesbury Theatre, also directed by O'Horgan. She went on to direct and appear in the show in Paris. She also appeared in the original London production of The Rocky Horror Show. Her first TV appearance was in The White Rabbit in 1967, and she went on to appear in a number of long-running series over the next four decades. Her film credits include roles in Come Back Peter (1969), Le Mur de l'Atlantique (1970), Every Home Should Have One (1970), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Shock Treatment (1981), Real Life (1984), Defence of the Realm (1986), M. Butterfly (1993), Wimbledon (2004) and A Royal Night Out (2015). In 2013, Leventon appeared in the role of Constance, the Madwoman of the Flea Market, in the British premiere of Jerry Herman's Dear World at the Charing Cross Theatre, London. In 2023, Leventon appeared in the role of Edith Tellmann in the British premiere of Bjørg Vik's The Journey to Venice at the Finborough Theatre, London. For this role, she was nominated for an Offie for Lead Performance in a Play. She is the author of The Real Rock Follies: The Great Girl Band Rip-Off of 1976, released in 2017. Source: Article "Annabel Leventon" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
40
Gender
Female
Birthday
1942-04-20 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Hertfordshire, England, UK
Acting

2023

Still Life as The Mother

2022

Chivalry as Eloise

2020

The Nest as Patricia Davis

2019

This Camera is Broken as The Director

2017

Sunday Worship as Rose Champion

2015

A Royal Night Out as Lady MacCloud

2011

Vera as Margaret Kraszewski

2010

Lennon Naked as Rich Lady

2005

Ian Fleming: Bondmaker as Eve Fleming

2004

Wimbledon as Pauline Rossdale

1996

Alive and Kicking as Paris Mourner

1994

A Business Affair as Literary Guest

1993

M. Butterfly as Frau Baden

1992

A Touch of Frost as Marion

1989

Work Experience as Wealthy Woman

1986

Defence of the Realm as Trudy Markham

1986

Strike it Rich! as Jeanette Mayne

1985

Dempsey and Makepeace as Christine Bayly

1985

Mussolini: The Untold Story as Senora Pettacci

1984

Real Life as Carla

1981

Bergerac as Leonie Lemaire

1981

Shock Treatment as DTV Audience Member (uncredited)

1980

Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood as Good Fun Cast Member (uncredited)

1979

Minder as Muriel Standen

1979

Penmarric as Janna

1979

On Giant's Shoulders as Journalist

1978

On a Paving Stone Mounted as Not available

1977

BBC2 Play of the Week as Journalist

1976

The New Avengers as Wendy Clifford

1975

The Rocky Horror Picture Show as The Transylvanians

1974

The Actual Woman as Caro

1973

Vérité as Shirley

1972

Van der Valk as Hannie Wijsman

1970

Every Home Should Have One as Chandler's Secretary

1970

Atlantic Wall as Sybil, British non-commissioned officer

1969

Some Like It Sexy as Creampuff, Hippie

1967

A Series of Bird's as Not available